William scheuer



(No Model.)

. W. SOHEUER. FASTENER SETTING APPARATUS. No. 595,972. PatentedDe-0.21,1897.

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IIVVE/V TOR ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM SCHEUER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FASTENER-SETTING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,972, dated December21, 1897.

Application filed January '7, 1897. Serial No. 618,245. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM SCHEUER, of New York city, in the county andState of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFastener-Setting Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The object of the invention is to construct a ratchet-punch in anexceedingly simple, durable, and economic manner, the punch beingparticularly adapted for securing buttons, hooks, or similar devices inthe uppers of boots or shoes or any other material.

A further object of the invention is to construct a revolving head forthe ratchet-punch in which the buttons, hooks, or other articles to beattached may be carried without danger of being dropped and from whichhead the attached hooks or buttons may be expeditiously and convenientlydisengaged.

Another object of the invention is to provide a revolving head for thebuttons, hooks, or other articles which will have timed movement throughthe medium of a ratchet brought into operation when the mandrel of thedevice is carried from the head.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved tool, a portion of thehead'being in section and a portion of the mandrel, together with aclamping-section of a hook and a piece of the material to which the hookis to be secured, the mandrel being shown in position to effect aclamping engagement of the hook with the said material. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the tool, wherein the mandrel is shown as carried from thehead. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through a portion of the upper jawof the tool and through the upper portion of the feed device of theratchet. Fig. 4 is a section taken substantially on the line 4 4 of Fig.2, a hook being shown in position in the head and attached to a piece ofmaterial; and Fig. 5 is a section taken through the ratchet-wheelattached to the head, illustrating the detent for the ratchet-whee1 inside elevation and in engagement therewith, and also showing in sideelevation the dog through the medium of which the ratchet-wheel isrevolved.

Two handles A and B are pivotally connected in a manner which will bringone handle above the other, and at the rear of the pivot of the handlesthe said handles are normally held separated through the medium of aninterposed spring 10. The upper handle B is provided with a jaw Bforward of the pivotpoint of the upper handle; but the jaw B is thelower jaw of the tool, the upper jaw A being a continuation of the lowerhandle A. The upper jaw A may be given any desired shape, but preferablyit is somewhat circular and stands at an angle to the upper face of thelower jaw 13,. The upper face of the lower jaw is virtually an anvil;but preferably a removable anvil-block 11 is located on the upper faceof the lower jaw B and provided with a center pin 11.

The upper jaw A has a shoulder 12 formed in its inner face at the backportion, the said shoulder extending ordinarily from top to bottom ofthe jaw. A spring 13 is placed in a recess in the said shoulder, and'thesaid spring has bearing against a detent 14, pivoted upon the inner faceof the aforesaid upper jaw in advance of the shoulder 12, as is bestshown in Fig. 5 A pin 15 is passed through an opening in the center ofthe circular portion of the upper jaw A, as illustrated particularly inFig. 4. This pin is smooth where it is passed through the jaw, and wherethe pin extends from the inner face of the said jaw the said pin is ofincreased diameter and is provided with a head at its inner end. Theouter end of the pin 15, or that which extends beyond the back of thejaw A, is provided with a thread 16, adapted to receive a nut 16.

A head 1'7 is mounted to turn upon the inner or headed end of the pin15, as is also shown in Fig. 4, and while the head 17 may be of anydesired formation it is preferably given a polygonal contour,being, forexample, hexagonal or provided with a number of peripheral faces, eachface being usually fiat.

.At the back of the head 17 a ratchet-wheel 18 is formed. (Shown best inFig. 5.) This ratchet-wheel is somewhat on the order of a star-wheel,and its teeth are engaged by the detent 14, which prevents theratchet-wheel from slipping from the position in which it may have beenplaced. Each tooth upon one side has an undercut recess 19 made therein.

A pin 20 is located upon the upper handle B forward of its pivot, andthe pin 20 is in engagement with the hook-like or curved lower extremity22 of a lever 21, the lever being fulcrumed upon the jaw A. The pin 20is, broadly, a projection. A spring 22 is secured upon the lower jaw Bbelow the pivot of the handle 13, and this spring engages with thebottom of the lever 21, holding the upper or concaved face of theaforesaid lower end of the lever in engagement with the pin 20. Theratchet-wheel 18 is revolved andthe head 17 is turned by the engagementof the head 23 of a dog 2& with the undercut surfaces oftheratchet-wheel teeth, the said dog being pivotally attached to theupper end of the lever 21. The undercuts 19 are made in the teeth of theratchet-wheel in order that the head 23 of the aforesaid dog may have agood purchase on the teeth of the ratchet-wheel.

.A pin 26 is attached to the upper edge of the jaw A, and a spring issecured to the said pin and to the dog 24, the spring serving to assistin carrying the dog to a rear position or to an engagement with theteeth of the ratchet-wheel.

When the handles are brought in direction of each other, the spring 22,together with the pin 20, acting on the lower end of thelever 21, willcarry the upper end of said lever 21 forward, consequently carrying thedog 24: in the same direction, compressing the spring 25 andcarrying thehead of the dog beyond the teeth of the ratchet-wheel, as shown in Fig.5. In this position of the handle the button orhook carried by the headwill be fixed in the material to which it is to besecured. WVhen thehandles are allowed to separate, the spring 10 coming into action, thespring 22 and the pin 20 will act upon the bottom of the lever 21 in amanner to carrythe upper end of the lever rearward, thereby drawing thehead of the dog backward a sufficient distance to revolve theratchet-wheel18 the distance of one tooth, the upper spring 25 assistingin the rearward movement of the dog.

The head 17 is provided upon its front surface at each of its peripheralor edge surfaces with an angular pocket 27, the said pockets extendingthrough the peripheral faces of the said head, as illustrated in Figs.1, 2, and at, and adjacent to each pocket on each peripheral face of thehead an aperture 28 is-made, which is adapted to. receive the centerpin11 of the anvil 11. The hooks 29, buttons, or other objects to befastened tothe stripof fabric 30 are placed in the various pockets 27,as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4, in which hooksare shown as located inthe said pockets, the hooks being especially adapted for attachment tothe upper of a shoe, and each hook is provided with an eyelet 31, whichis integral with or is attached to its under face. The heads of thehooks are located in the longitudinal sections of the pockets, while theeyeleted ends of the hooks extend out through the vertical portions ofthe pockets beyond the peripheral faces of thehead.

In operation one of the faces of the head and one of the pockets willalways be opposite the mandrel 11 or the mandrel-surface of the lowerjaw B, so that when the handles A and B are brought together, thematerial 30 being placed between the lower jaw and the head, theeyeleted or pronged portion of the hook, button, or other object carriedby the head will be passed through the material 30 and the center pin 11will pass up into the eyeleted portion of the hook, the mandrel closingor clamping the eyelet to the material, as is particularly shown in Fig.1.

As soon as the upper handleB is relieved from pressure it will be forcedupward by the spring 10, and the ratchet mechanism will then act tocarry the head around so as to present another face having a pocketcarrying an article to be fastened to the lower .jaw. It will be noticedthat after a hook or a button has been secured to an object by simplycarrying the toolto one side the object fastenedto the material 30 willbe removed from the pocket in which it was contained without theslightest inconvenience to the operator.

With a tool of this description buttons and hooks for shoes or otherarticles of. simi- "to receive them.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination, with pivotally-connected handleshaving an interposed spring, each handle terminating in a jaw, the jawsbeing placed one above the other, a head mounted to revolveupon one ofthe said jaws, the head being provided with recesses in one of itsfaces, which recesses extend through theperiphery of the head, and aclenching or anvil block carried bythe opposingjaw, of a lever carriedby the jaw of one handle, being operated by the opposing handle, aratchet-wheel attached to the saidhead, a dog pivoted tothe said lever,having a head arrangedfor engagement with the aforesaid ratchet-wheel, aspring controlling the movement of the dog in one direction, and asecond spring operating upon the aforesaid lever, as and for the purposespecified.

2. The combination, with pivotally-connected handles terminatingin jaws,the jaws being arranged one above the other, a revolving headhavingpockets for the reception of articles carried by one of the saidjaws, and a ratchet-wheel attached to thesaid head, of apin secureduponone of the handles, alever fulcrumed upon the opposite handle,terminating in a hook-like extremity engaged by the aforesaid pin, aspring having bearing against the hook-like extremity of the lever, anda dog connected with the said lever and arranged for engagement with theaforesaid ratchet-wheel, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of two pivoted handles, an anvil-block on one handle,a rotary head mounted on the second handle and coacting with theanvil-block, a lever f ulcrumed on the handle that has the head androcked by the movement of the other handle, adog pivoted to the leverand coacting with the head to turn the same, and a spring actuating thedog.

4. The combination of two pivoted handles, a rotary head mounted on onehandle, a lever fulcrumed on that handle which has the head and operatedby movement of the remaining handle, a dog carried by the lever andcoacting with the head to turn the same, and a spring actuating thelever.

5. The combination of two pivoted handles, a rotary head mounted on onehandle, a lever fulcrumed on one handle, a projection on the remaininghandle,the projection engaging the lever upon the movement of the saidremaining handle whereby to swing the lever, and av dog pivoted to thelever and coacting with the head to turn the same.

6. The combination of two pivoted handles, a rotary head mounted on onehandle, a lever fulcrumed on one handle and having a bent end, aprojection carried on the remaining handle and engaging the bent end ofthe lever to swing the lever, and a dog pivoted to the lever andcoacting with the head to turn the same.

7. The combination of two handles pivoted to each other, a leverfulcrumed on one handle and having a bent end, a projection carried bythe remaining handle and engaging the bent end of the handle to swingthe lever, a dog pivoted to the lever, and a member operated by themovement of the lever.

8. The combination of two handles pivoted to each other, a rotary headmounted on one handle and having ratchet-teeth, a detent pivoted to thehandle which carries the head, a spring pressing the detent so that oneside thereof will engage with the teeth of the head, and means forturning the head upon the movement of the handles.

9. A head for fastener-sets, the head-having a series of fiat peripheralfaces, the front surface of the head having apocket adjacent to eachperipheral face of the head, the pockets extending respectively throughthe said peripheral faces and each peripheral face also having anaperture passing into the respective pockets.

WILLIAM SOHEUER. Witnesses:

ISIDOR STEINER, GUSTAV VAN LIER.

